Late comments on the Sydney jihadist and peace activist. No joke.

Terror in Sydney "It’s time to get serious about destroying the Islamic State."   ... "Third, while standing against bigots who would spread terror against law-abiding Muslims, we should empower Muslim leaders to wage a war of ideas against the Islamic State’s ideology and the rot within political Islam that it represents."

I doubt that this form of Islamism so deeply ingrained into the culture and psyche of the Muslim world can be stopped by means at our disposal at present.  This is a threat to the world that I feel can only be controlled by the One who directs the course of  History; the One who guides the thoughts of humanity. TD

The man himself who claimed Islam is the “Region of Peace” and called on Muslims to become “peace activists”:

Slideshow of the hostage crisis.

MSNBC’s Race Baiter Toure On Sydney: “Is This Really About Islam?”…

Vox: “Asking Muslims To Condemn Terrorism Is “Bigoted And Islamophobic”…
... "This sort of thinking — blaming an entire group for the actions of a few individuals, assuming the worst about a person just because of their identity — is the very definition of bigotry." ...
However if one idiot who seems right-wing shoots up a school, every conservative or gun owner will be condemned by these very same people..

Where’s the Condemnation?

 

Muslim terrorist Sheikh Haron’s girlfriend, Amirah Droudis, admits to being a terrorist in video  "He was out on bail on a charge of colluding with girlfriend, Amirah Droudis, to murder his ex-wife, who was stabbed 18 times and set on fire in 2013, allegedly by the girlfriend."

Islamic preacher: ISIS beheads 'to save American lives'

WND

"The Islamic State’s bloody campaign of public beheadings is actually intended to save American lives, Britain’s most notorious Islamic cleric declared in a radio interview Sunday.

“ 'One of the primary reasons why you see what you are seeing on your own television and Internet is to try to end the war quickly,” stated radical preacher Anjem Choudary when asked to justify the ISIS beheadings.

“ 'This kind of terrorizing and horrifying the enemy is saying to them, ‘Look don’t engage with them. Stay away.’ This is supposed to be something which drives the enemy away and therefore saves many lives.”

"Choudary was speaking on “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” on New York’s AM 970 The Answer, audio of which was obtained in advance by WND.

"Choudary, founder of the banned terrorist supporting group Al Muhajiroun, attempted to use the Quran to justify the ISIS beheadings, which until now include the public executions of two American journalists as well as one American and two British aid workers.


"On Friday it was reported ISIS beheaded four Christian children in Iraq for refusing to denounce Jesus and convert to Islam, according to the leader of the Anglican church in Baghdad.

"Speaking to Klein, Choudary quoted chapter 8 verse 60 of the Quran, which states:
“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allah knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.”

"Choudary continued: “I mean, you may see in Somalia with the film ‘Black Hawk Down’ that the Americans withdrew because they could not tolerate what was taking place to their own soldiers.
“And you now however gruesome it may seem, you know, the propaganda element and the kind of terrorizing effect of this cannot be denied … it is intended to have that effect. To say, ‘Look don’t come to the area.’”

"Choudary praised France, Italy and Turkey for engaging in hostage exchanges.  And yet,” he added, “the Americans and British refused and obviously you can see the consequences of that.”

 

Dramatic end to Sydney siege as police storm cafe with guns and stun grenades as terrified hostages run for their lives

Gunman said to be killed

Jewish community ‘in lockdown’ following Sydney attack  "Jewish schools across Australia sent students home in the wake of an ongoing hostage crisis in a Sydney cafe Monday morning, where at least one gunman took multiple people captive in an apparent politically motivated attack."
 Times of Israel

UK Daily Mail

Man Haron Monis was named as the gunman.

 Arriving as a refugee in Australia in 1996, the hostage-taker was charged as an

 accessory  to the murder of his ex-wife - who was allegedly stabbed and set

 on fire on a flight of stairs in her western Sydneyapartment block in 2013

 

"Police stormed the cafe in central Sydney where a gunman held hostages for more than 16 hours"

•  Police moved in firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades as hostages were seen fleeing in terror from the café
• Live TV footage showed hostages running frantically from the cafe at shortly after 2am in small groups 
• It came hours after Man Haron Monis was named as the gunman holding people hostage in a Sydney café
• The 49-year-old man lives in southwest Sydney, but is originally from Iran and a self-proclaimed sheik 
• He was charged with accessory in the murder of his ex-wife - who was allegedly stabbed and set on fire on a flight of stairs in her western Sydney apartment block
• He was also arrested for the sexual assault of a 27-year-old woman in 2002 in April this year after luring her to his clinic following claims he was as 'spiritual healer' 
• Monis was slapped with an additional 40 charges in October after more victims to come forward 
• Monis received 300 community service hours for sending hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers  (Somewhat like the Westboro Baptist Church does)
• The seige follows an unsuccessful attempt to have these charges overturned in the High Court on Friday   
• He stormed the Lindt cafe in Martin Place during the morning rush hour on Monday stopped anyone fro
• He forced hostages to hold up black flag with white writing in Arabic, an emblem linked to terror groups 

 

"Police firing automatic weapons and lobbing stun grenades stormed the cafe in central Sydney early on Tuesday where a gunman had been holding more than a dozen hostages, bringing a dramatic end to a siege lasting more than 16 hours.

 

"There were reports that two people were killed and at least three others were injured, but this could not immediately be confirmed.

 

"Live television coverage showed at least two people being taken away from the scene on stretchers. One hostage was seen being carried out of the building. She appeared to be in pain, and blood flowed down her legs.

 

"Nine News reported that eleven hostages had been accounted for after the police raid, which occurred shortly after 2am."

Brief headlines

Berkeley protesters bum rush stage, shut down speech because #Ferguson
"This is what America could look like."

 

2 Years After Newtown, Small Steps Toward Healing

 

ISIS Is Trying To Sell The Body Of U.S. Hostage James Foley For $1 Million  "Middlemen in touch with ISIS or its associates say the group has turned a grim new page in its deadly hostage trade — by trying to sell the remains of at least one of the U.S. citizens it has executed in Syria."

Moonbats defend fable not the facts

... "Now, not so much. As the UVA rape story in the rag known as Rolling Stone has fallen apart, the “rape advocates” and moonbats have closed ranks, defending the fable rather than the facts." ...
Plus: Fake but accurate revisited  ... "We are inundated with BS courtesy of the Democrats and their mainstream media adjunct. It is amazing how little has changed. From inside CBS News itself, we now have the testimony of Sharyl Attkisson in Stonewalled and elsewhere." ...
 

 Germans Rise Up Against Islamization [Wake-up call to America's Left"]

"Notice to America’s “Left”.  Like these Germans, Americans will reject your radicalism, hatred and destruction. " 

 

 "Elizabeth Warren is catching fire."   traditionalguy said...

"Warren has that hard to find cross regional appeal a President must have to get elected. Hillary has never had that without selling Bill's personality in a siamese twin deal. So Hillary shows no personality and just grins an entitled grin at people
"Warren will be nominated. "

 

United We Distrust  "President Barack Obama recently spoke of the "simmering distrust" between many police departments and minority communities. The president is correct in his assessment, but dramatically understates the problem." ...
..."Whether it's the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, regulators targeting small businesses or NSA officials using the agency's excessive spying capabilities to spy on love interests, the abuse of power creates legitimate distrust."

 

 

Dianne Feinstein's Travesty  ... "The committee portrays Gen. Hayden, the former CIA director, as a liar who deceived Congress about the agency’s interrogation program, yet the committee couldn’t be bothered to interview him."

Between the crumbling of a landmark Rolling Stone story and the dynamiting of The New Republic, these have been a bad couple of weeks for journalism

 

How this week looked to Mark Steyn   "On Monday, Mark celebrated the fact that, while America may no longer be the world's leading economic power, it's still Number One in the length of its presidential motorcade: Even if you ain't got it, flaunt it, baby!" ...

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anti-Anti-Underground/500213673410703

Sharpton Visited the Obama White House 61 Times

White House Dossier   "And counting, of course.

"My God, the guy probably has his own desk in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
President Obama’s embrace of Al Sharpton, as National Review points out, has helped legitimize Sharpton as the preeminent black leader. Sharpton and his idiotic rantings, his message of victimization instead of self-help, and his fomenting of racial divisions, now takes the place of Martin Luther King Jr., thanks to Obama.

"According to National Review:

Thirty-four of Sharpton’s visits were for White House events like high-profile nominations, bill signings, and soirées. Some, like the February 9, 2010, “Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” seem well within Sharpton’s wheelhouse. But many more — including a March 18, 2010, signing ceremony for a “jobs bill” and a May 19, 2010, event honoring visiting Mexican president Felipe Calderón — leave one wondering where Sharpton’s expertise enters the picture. Others — such as the Obamas’ 2011 Super Bowl party, small-scale movie screenings in February 2011 and April 2013, and especially the president’s birthday party in August 2011 — speak to a close personal relationship between Sharpton and the first family.

"The nation’s first black president could have brought us together. He could have pounded home the message to the black community that it’s time to stop complaining about insults, perceived and real, and go about claiming their rightful place in society.

"Instead, Obama feeds the mindset that demands help from the state and coaxes anger from the aggrieved. What a waste.

Network Wars? CBS's "Blue Bloods" takes a great shot at Al Sharpton and MSNBC

It was pretty obvious on a second-season rerun this weekend.

The protagonist is a black minister, a community organizer who heads a church in Harlem that more closely appears to be a parody of Louis Farrahkan/Nation of Islam. Unlike Rev Al, this guy is tall, thin, AND bald (can't risk being accused of type casting here, eh?)

They stage an incident to provoke a confrontation between church members and the NYPD, and two officers are injured.

It turns out that the Rev is trying to "resurrect" his career after being accused of stealing several millions from a community organization that he heads. ( sure sounds like Rev Al and his National Action Network, doesn't it?)  

To make sure EVERYONE get the point, towards the end, while discussing the Rev's latest rabble-rousing efforts to get the PC fired, Selleck's character says.."he just wants to get his own talk show on MSNBC."
 

A little snarky reflection on the Cromnibus bill

http://terrellaftermath.com/

It’s (Still) a TARP!  "Elizabeth Warren, corporate-welfare queen."
... "Senator Elizabeth Warren, the millionaire Massachusetts class warrior who has made the vilification of Wall Street bankers her second-favorite pastime (right behind prospering on the largesse of Wall Street lawyers, the gentlemen and scholars who funded her very generously compensated position at Harvard and fill her campaign coffers) did not exactly make the issue her hill to die on, but the fight did provide her an excellent opportunity for grandstanding. " ...

11 Other Things You Can Use a Cromnibus For   "This week, GOP House leadership passed a controversial $1.1 trillion spending bill infamously known as the “cromnibus.” The bill, supported by the Obama administration, is 1,600 pages long. So how big is that really? Like in real life?"

 
"This is what a cromnibus looks like printed out:"
"For reference, it’s just a little taller than a Starbucks Venti."

7. A passenger so you can ride in the HOV lane

 

And this is what it sounds like when you drop it on the floor:  

 

 

More here.    "Now that the bill has passed the House and will odds-on end up on the president’s desk, what other uses could you have for your cromnibus? "

 

Freedom of speech? Juan Williams: Hacked Sony e-mails expose white liberal hypocrisy on race; Star chamber justice at Smith College

drawfortruth

Fear liberals; they are watching and listening.

Hot Air  "And Juan Williams should know — he’s had first-hand experience with the phenomenon. NPR fired Williams four years ago for admitting in a segment on The O’Reilly Factor that travelers boarding commercial flights in “Muslim garb” cause him to “get worried … get nervous.” Never mind that Williams and our own Mary Katharine spent the entire segment arguing that Bill O’Reilly was painting Muslims with too broad a brush and that a distinction had to be made between moderate and extremist Muslims; NPR cashiered Williams for the one sentence he uttered, calling it “inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR.” The experience became an epiphany for Williams about which side of the political spectrum actually practices the tolerance that the other preaches, although Williams himself remains as liberal as ever." ...
 

College president apologizes after offending students by saying “all lives matter”  ... "Could be that she was genuinely sorry for the misunderstanding, but maybe not; maybe the impetus to grovel was less about sincere regret than about quickly short-circuiting any nascent attempts by junior Social Justice Warriors to turn this into an excuse to protest her office, hold sit-ins..."

Who is Al Sharpton?

Andrew Klavan    "In which our politically correct host, Andrew Klavan, takes a look at the disturbing history of the Reverend Al Sharpton – called reverend because he is revered, by Al Sharpton. [Full transcript here.]
 

The Feinstein Report Is Going to Cost Us; The so-called torture report is worthless as an investigation, but it’s valuable to our enemies.

Andrew C. McCarthy   "Jihadists are still waging their war against the civilized world. Check that: Jihadists are currently winning their war against the civilized world. Thank Barack Obama, who fails to grasp the difference between being “the president who ends wars” and the president who retreats from wars, and thus surrenders while the enemy is on the rise.

 

"What is the response of Senate sages to this predicament? Dianne Feinstein and her fellow Democrats saw it as the perfect time to savage the CIA, further burn America’s bridges with anti-terrorism allies, and hand jihadists a huge propaganda victory.

 

"The Islamic State had a response, too: They beheaded four Christian children for refusing to renounce Jesus Christ.

 

"You see where this is going, no?" ....Keep reading... 

http://comicallyincorrect.com/2014/12/12/cia-waterboarding/


http://www.investors.com/editorial-cartoons/michael-ramirez/730413

Dianne Feinstein, Friend of Terrorists  ... "Thanks to Dianne and her insistence that a report exposing the CIA’s overseas handling of 119 terrorists be released, America is getting a good dose of absurd liberal reasoning.

 

"Dianne Feinstein is among those who have the audacity to point the finger of accusation at CIA operatives for splashing water in the face of the confessed architect of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but have no problem with the paper-thin skin of an unborn baby being peeled away from its fragile bones while still in the womb. " ...

Back To The Future On Cold War, Thanks To Obama

Investors.com

"I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr.

  Putin," Republican nominee Mitt Romney said during the third presidential

 debate in Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 22, 2012

"Russia: Moscow has a new intermediate-range missile violating a nuclear arms treaty. Now the Obama administration may return cruise missiles to Europe in response. A new Cold War, caused by U.S. decline, heats up.

"It sure was a great debate quip: "In the 1980s, they're now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War's been over for 20 years."

"President Obama in 2012 got laughs slamming his Republican foe for believing that "the biggest geopolitical threat facing America" was "Russia, not al-Qaida."   Read More At Investor's Business Daily:

Did any of your liberal friends smirk and yuk over Obama's response?

Why can’t we have a “conversation” about militant Islam?

Legal Insurrection  “The conversation about militant Islam has been systematically repressed.”

"If you’re paying attention to what the mainstream media is selling, you know that when it comes to militant Islam, the world has a big censorship problem. The Lawfare Project just released a new video that offers up a laundry list of examples of times when the criticism and discussion of radical Islam has been censored, repressed, or fought via “lawfare.”
 

 

"I think Lawfare has an excellent point; right now, we’re in the middle of the annual “War on Christmas,” in which the entire country (world? probably) “has a conversation” about the propriety of hosting a Nativity scene during a holiday season that celebrates the Nativity.

 

"By “conversation,” of course, we mean “conversation about how best to push religious expression into the shadows (unless it involves the Koran, in which case, rock on.)”

 

"I don’t think we’ll ever win the war against censorship—they’ll keep trying, and we’ll keep fighting to have our voices heard. But the key to make sure the world hears the voices of those radical Islam has touched is to keep speaking."   Related: The Lawfare Project

While on the subject...

Cornell Univ. Police Chief apologizes for saying #AllLivesMatter instead of #BlackLivesMatter
"College Insurrection and others recently reported how the President of Smith College apologized to the student body for using the term “All Lives Matter” rather than “Black Lives Matter.” A Cornell engineering student just tweeted to me about a similar statement from the Chief of the Cornell University Police, Kathy Zoner, in an all campus email." ... More on this.

Holder was right; we are a nation of cowards.

How's this for torture?

 

Energy Townhall   "Whether it’s the costliest regulation in history or the coal-killing power plant rules (that Obama’s law professor says raise “constitutional questions”), it’s clear that the CIA isn’t the only government agency engaged in torture. At least the CIA isn’t torturing Americans."